Catamenial sack



' July 24, 1934. E, J, D'E V LE 1,967,226

CATAMENIAL SACK Filed July 17, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jul 24, 1934.

CATAMENIAL SACK Filed July 17, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fly. 8

Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to improvements in catamenial sacks and especially to an improved device made from a single sheet of thin rubber or other soft flexible material, and provided, in its novel I construction, with a series of especially designed resilient fastening or retaining members that completely and firmly clamp an absorbent pad therein.

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved catamenial sack that, while giving complete protection in its usage, provides a maximum hygienic or sanitary quality hitherto not offered. This is accomplished by especially designed resilient fastening or retaining members,

1 that provide at the ends of the sack large opentags that facilitate easy and complete cleansing and eliminate closed end pockets, the interior of which it is difficult to thoroughly and properly cleanse.

80 Another object is to provide an improved catamenial sack, so constructed with especially designed resilient fastening or retaining members as to reduce to a minimum the area of the rubber or other pliable material that comes in contact with the body, and not heretofore achieved. The

purpose thereof is to practically eliminate excessive perspiration and skin irritation that such materials are known to cause when firmly fitted to the body and in direct contact with the skin.

Another object is to provide an improved catamenial sack, so constructed with resilient fastening or retaining members'as to leave exposed for practical usage by direct contact with the body a maximum of surface of the inserted sanitary pad not heretofore offered, this maximum of surface usage being vitally essential in the necessary backward and forward motion of the pad during usage, as affected by changes in the position of the body.

Another object is to provide an improved catamenial sack so constructed with especially de,- signed fastening or retaining members, that the entire sack is made from a substantially oblong piece of rubber or other pliable material, and to thereby reduce to a minimum thewaste material, and to further reduce to a minimum not previously possible the amount of stock used to construct the individual sack.

These principal objects I attain in my improved catamenial sack by an especially designed system of a series of resilient. fastening or retaining members not heretofore used in catamenial sacks, and being my improvement over previous catamenial sacks having closedand therefore unsanitaryend pockets that brought larger surfaces of rubber or other pliable material in contact with the body and reduced to a considerable extent the exposed-or directly usable-portion of the enclosed sanitary pad.

Other objects will be apparent in the detailed description which follows.

Figure 1 is a plan of the sack before assembly.

Figure 2 is assembled view showing the sanitary pad positioned in the sack.

Figure 3 is a partial plan view of a modification of that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is apartial view of the modification shown in Figure 3, with pad assembled therein.

Figure 5 is a partial plan view of another modification of that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a partial view of the modification shown in Figure 5, with the pad assembled therein.

Figure 'l is a partial plan view of another modification of that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a partial view of the modification shown in Figure 7, with the pad assembled therein.

In carrying out my invention I provide a catamenialsack made fromasubstantially oblong piece of material, as shown in Figure 1, having a body portion, 1, with apertures 2, 2, along folding lines 3, 3. Thezsanitary pad fastening or retaining members 4,- 4, at each end of the body portion, are formed by folding on lines 3, 3, and include tabs 5, 5, on the ends thereof. The ends or tabs 5, 5 of the fastening or retaining members 4, 4, are folded slightly over theedge of the body portion, 1, and vulcanized thereto on its back or under side at points 5', 5, as shown in Figure 2.

The edges 6, 6, of the fastening or retaining members 4, 4, are not attached to the body portion 1, between the limits indicated by limit-lines 7, '7, at each end of the sack as shown in Figure 2, thereby providing an opening between said 5 limits to produce a more sanitary and readily cleanable article than one having closed ends.

The deeply rounded edges 8, 8, of the fastening or retaining members 4, 4, leave exposed for usage a maximum of surface area of'the sanitary pad retained therein.

The slightly inward curved edges 9, 9, that may be provided if desired, at the center point of the elongated parallel sides of the body portion, 1, eliminate the direct contacting of the rubber 105 or other pliable material, of which the sack is made, with the inner surface of the leg, thus inhibiting all danger of irritation at this point.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the above described improved catamenial sack, with a sanitary pad 2 inserted in position and ready for use, its fastening tapes 10, 10, drawn into position through apertures 2, 2. I

The structure shown in Figures 3 and 4,. it will be observed. is similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2. Attention is directed to the fact that the fastening or retaining members 4', 4',pcorresponding to 4, 4, of the above, are made with straight edges at the ends rather than with curved end edges 8, 8, as shown in Figures .1 and 2. The clamping bands 4', 4, are secured to the body portion similarly as explained in connection with elements 4, 4, above, The same openings along edges l1, 11, as along limit-lines 1, 7, above, are likewise provided, for similar reasons, and cutaway portions 9', -9, as set forth above. It will be observed that but one end only of the sack is shown in Figures 3 and 4, but it will be obvious that the other end will be similarly arranged,

The structure shown in Figures 5 and 6 has the body portion, 1, with an aperture, 2, located along the folding line 3, as above. The fastening or retaining members 12, are formed from the cut sides of the narrowed end portion of the body in which aperture 2 is located, and also from the extreme end of said narrowed body portion and extending outwardly across said extreme end, as indicated by portion 12, 12, shown more particularly in Figure 5.

The narrowed body portion is folded along line 3 and vulcanizing tips 13, 13, are provided at the ends of bands 12!, 12'. The vulcanizing' tips of fastening or retaining members 12, 12',are folded slightly over the edge of the body portion and vulcanized thereto at points 13', 13', as shown in Figure 6.

The same relative openings at 14, 14, similar to those indicated by limit-lines '7 of Figure 2, are provided, as well as cutaway portion 9", all for the reasons more specifically set forth above in connection with cutaway portions 9 of Figure 1 and Z of Figure 2.

Only one end of the sack is shown in-Figures 5 and 6, but it will be obvious to one skilled in the art that the other end of the sack will be similarly constructed.

The structure shown in Figures land 8 has the body, 1, with the cutaway portion 9' provided for similar reasons as cutaway portions 9, 9' and 9" as above. The said body portion is cut in a substantially oblong form from a sheet of material, and has two sets of fastening or retaining members 15, 15 and 16, 16. Members 15, 15 are narrow extensions, the outer edges of which are coextensive with the side edges of the body portion. Members 16, 16 are formed by cutting along lines 17, 17. Triangular portions 18, 18, are cut from the body portion to finish forming all of said fastening or retaining members. I

Fastening or retaining I folded along lines 19, 19, such that 20, are capable of being vulcanized as indicated at 21, in Figure 8.- It will be noted that the members 15, 15, are

edges of said members are at right angles to the side edges of said body portion.

Fastening or retaining members 16, 16, are folded along lines 22, 22, and the extreme ends 23,23, thereof, are vulcanized together, as indicated at 24 in Figure 8, to'form a tube member. An opening is provided thereby, through which to pass the fastening tape of the sanitary pad.

It will be noted that a sanitary pad. 25, is shown in each of the assembly drawings, to indicate how the. sack is to be used. 1 Only one end of the tips 20,

the sack is shown' in Figures 7 and 8, but it is obvious that the other end of the sack will be similarly constructed.

The above are taken only as exemplifications of preferred structures, and it is not intended as a limitation thereof, except as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In asanitary pad shield the combination of v a substantially oblong body portion having a pair of apertures adjacent to the ends thereof for receiving the binding tapes of a sanitary pad, a pair of substantially arcuate fastening members each comprising a central portion and a pair of tabs, said central portions of said members being formed integral with said body portion on each side of each of said apertures and being folded over upon said body portion along a line passing through said apertures, said tabs having the ends thereof attached to the sides of said body portion to maintain said fastening members folded over said body portion.

2. In a sanitary pad shield the combination of a substantially oblong body portion, sanitary pad fastening members formed at each end of said body portion, said members being adapted to be folded over upon said body portion, .each of said fastening members having a pair of tabs and a central section integral with said body portion, each of said fastening members being of a length substantially equal to the width of said body portion, the ends of said tabs being attached to the sides of said bodyportion for maintaining said fastening members folded over said body portion.

3. Ina sanitary pad shield the combination of a substantially oblong body portion, a pair of elongated sanitary pad fastening members formed at each end of said body portion, each of said members being of a length substantially equal to the width of said body portion and having tabs extending away from said body portion in a direction substantially along the line of the longest dimension of said body portion, each of said members having a central portion integral with the said body portion, the ends of said tabs being attached to the sides of said body portion to form loops for retaining a sanitary pad in place on said body portion.

4. A sanitary pad shield formed of a piece of pliable material of substantially oblong shape comprising a body portion having a length substantially greater than its width and having sections cut away from the mid-portions thereof, sanitary pad retaining members formed at each end of said body, each of said retaining members having a pair of tabs severed from the ends of said body portion and a, central portion integral with said body portion, said tabs being folded over said body portion and attached'to the sidesthereof for retaining a sanitary pad in place on said body portion.

5. A sanitary pad shield including a body formed of an oblong piece of flexible sheet material of substantially the size of said pad and having an operture at each end, fastening elements for said pad formed at the ends of said body, said elements extending across the corners of said body from a portion of said body adjacent the sides of said apertures to the sides of said body and secured to the latter by their end portions only to form loops and thereby provide open pockets at the corners of said device, said loops permitting corner portions of said pad to extend outwardly past said retaining elements and be held thereby on the said shield.

6. A sanitary shield for use with eatamenlal bandages o1 thetype consisting of an elongated central absorbent pad portion and an atta'chin! member is intimately mime alined assembly. said last mentioned means comprising strap-like members integral with the ends of the body membet and extending diagonally across said body member slightly inward of each corner thereof and attached to the sides of said body member v solely at their ends to define, with the thus bridg d portions of said body member, integral, readily cleansible, open pockets adapted to receive, retain and be supported upon the corners oi the pad proper.

EDWARD J. DE VIII-Ii.

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